README File for:

"Democratization and Religious Nationalist Mobilization Against a Small Minority: Evidence from Myanmar"
Version: November 7, 2025

For a full description of the methodology and research procedures, please see the main paper.

Software version:
• R scripts were run on R version 4.3.3
• R packages used: sf, dplyr, ggplot2, stargazer, plyr, lubridate, readxl

Figures&Analysis-1.R

R script to create figures 3 and 4, poisson regression analysis, and table 4.

Files needed:

- MBT.xlsx: original coding of the full sample of MaBaTha activities during Myanmar's democratization 
- Mil.ceremonies.xlsx: original coding of the full sample of military-sponsored Buddhist ceremonies prior to Myanmar's democratic transition
- mmr_polbnda_adm3_250k_mimu_1 - shape files for Myanmar
- Pcodes.xlsx - Official unique codes for Myanmar's townships
















